HERB FORMULAS

CHOLECYSTITIS #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu 9g Resolves Shao Yang disorders and reduces fever (harmonizes the Exterior and Interior).
With Huang Qin clears Liver and Gallbladder Heat.
With Bai Shao, for Liver Blood Deficiency with Liver Qi Stagnation and vertigo, dizziness, thoracic and costal pain, and menstrual irregularity due to Liver Qi Stagnation.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 9g Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire, detoxifies, cools the Blood, stops bleeding and calms ascending Liver Yang.
With Bai Shao, for dysenteric disorders with abdominal pain due to Heat entering the Interior.
With Da Huang, for constipation.
Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, regulates Qi flow, alleviates pain, benefits the Gallbladder and reduces jaundice.
With Zhi Ke, for Liver Qi Stagnation with a stifling sensation in the chest and fullness in the epigastrium and abdomen with Heat signs.
With Chai Hu, for Liver Qi and Blood Stagnation with flank pain and distention, dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.
With Hai Jin Sha and Ji Nei Jin, for Gall stones.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin 9g Transforms hardness and dissolves stones.
Spora Lygodii Hai Jin Sha 15g Clears Heat, promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction, expels stones, eliminates Damp-Heat, reduces edema and decreases jaundice.
Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke 9g Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure and resolves hardenings.
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 30g Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxicity.
With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders.
Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao 15g Clears Heat and relieves toxicity.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 6g Drains Stomach and Gallbladder Heat through the stool, transforms Blood Stasis, and facilitates the flow of bile.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 9g Promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates pain dispels Damp-Heat and harmonizes the Liver and Spleen.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 15g Nourishes the Blood, softens the Liver and treats abdominal pain and distension.
With Chai Hu, for flank pain due to Liver Qi Stagnation.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 6g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
With Bai Shao,moderates spasms and alleviates pain, for painful spasms of the leg or abdomen.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Spreads Liver Qi
  • Promotes Qi circulation
  • Harmonizes the Blood
  • Opens the Gall Bladder
  • Dissolves stones
  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves toxicity
  • Alleviates pain

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Qi Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Hypochondriac pain and distention
  • Dull pain in the right upper quadrant
  • Pain may radiate to the upper back and right shoulder
  • Chest oppression
  • Sometimes chills and fever or
  • Alternating fever and chills
  • Depression
  • Easily angered
  • Emotional tension
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Dry mouth
  • Irregular bowel movements or
  • Constipation
  • Anorexia
  • Aversion to oily, slimy foods
  • Belching
  • Slight abdominal tenderness
  • Murphy's sign positive
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Fidgeting
  • Maybe a slight fever
  • Abdominal pain and cramps
  • Breast distention and pain
  • Irritability
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • T: Pink or maybe Red
  • C: Thin and white or yellow
  • P: Wiry or Tight or Wiry and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a poor appetite: For Spleen Deficiency:
+ 9g Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha + 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ 9g Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ 9g Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya + 9g Poria Fu Ling